Re: Live water thing... didn’t medieval Europeans drink wine and beer over water partly for safety? Or is that a just-so story?
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Replying to @vgr
development of brewing is so widespread & early that it would be surprising if it weren’t nutrition/fun instead of just hygiene
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Replying to @literalbanana
Well the safety affordable might have helped spread even if original invention was for fun. Coffee started as a recreational upper before it turned into a productivity hack
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Replying to @vgr
yes - caffeine replacing (together with cheap sugar) the vitamin boost of fermented beverages and foods mid-day
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Replying to @literalbanana @vgr
tea/coffee and sugar cakes instead of beer, bread, cheese, pickles
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Replying to @literalbanana
Why the shift to sugar over cheese and pickles? Just a better pairing?
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cheaper given new industrial methods of production, faster to consume I think, plus sugar is addictive haha
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Replying to @literalbanana @vgr
also colonization presumably- imported sugar would have become cheap around the same time as imported tea/coffee
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